The Host Has Fallen for the Second Female Lead Again - Chapter 107

Officer Wang quickly replied with a phone call.

“What’s going on over there?”

“There are a lot of bodies. I don’t know what’s happening. I suspect these three are the three college students who are still missing,” Ji Mingxiao said, giving the three people a close look before quickly averting her gaze. The three bodies were too gruesome, and she felt it took a lot of courage just to look at them.

Another glance and she’d probably throw up.

“It’s probably them. I recognize the clothes; all three sets of clothes match up,” Officer Wang said, sounding a bit agitated. “Send us your location. We’ll send people over now. You two, be careful.”

“No, wait until we’ve finished our investigation. There’s a small village here that I haven’t entered yet, but according to my good partner, there should be a big problem there,” Ji Mingxiao said.

The words “good partner” made Officer Wang’s scalp tingle. He ignored it and didn’t ask who it was. “With so many bodies, how could there not be a problem? Forget it, you two come back first. Let’s get more people and then go. You absolutely can’t let anything happen to you.”

Just as Ji Mingxiao was about to speak, she saw a shadow suddenly appear behind her and sighed softly.

“Ah, we’ve been discovered.”

Hearing this, Officer Wang leaped out of bed, startling his wife who was sleeping next to him. Officer Wang wanted to say more, but the call had already been disconnected.

“What’s wrong now?”

“Our special consultant found the three college students, and now it seems the special consultant is in trouble too.” Officer Wang quickly got dressed and ran outside.

On the other side, Ji Mingxiao thrust her copper coin sword backward, fending off the person who was lunging at her. She then immediately turned and kicked the person in the chest.

“Who told you to come here! You hateful outsiders!”

The person was very thin, like skin and bones, with a malevolent look in their eyes. They looked less like a human and more like some kind of wild beast. Though kicked to the ground by Ji Mingxiao, there was no fear on their face.

Their voice was hoarse and unclear, as if they hadn’t spoken for a long time.

She glanced at him.

“You killed these people?”

“They all deserved to die. How dare they offend our god,” the person’s voice became high-pitched. He shuffled backward. “You’ll be punished by the god! The god won’t let you go! How dare you come to the God’s Forest!”

Ji Mingxiao listened to his rambling and yawned, feeling annoyed.

“The skeletons are moving,” Qin Xiu cried out.

But Ji Mingxiao wasn’t worried. A talisman appeared from nowhere and landed directly on the skeletons.

“You! How dare you offend the god!” the person shrieked, the smile he had earlier completely gone.

He seemed to have realized that Ji Mingxiao was different from the group of people who had come before.

His voice was piercing. Even though Ji Mingxiao covered her ears, it was no use.

The next second, rustling sounds echoed from all directions.

Many people emerged from the woods. They were dressed strangely, not in modern clothes, which gave Ji Mingxiao a feeling of stepping back into the 1950s or ’60s. Many of them also had strange markings on their faces.

Ji Mingxiao narrowed her eyes.

The group of people didn’t do anything immediately. Instead, they looked at Ji Mingxiao and Qin Xiu for a few moments, whispering to each other. Ji Mingxiao couldn’t understand their language this time.

She had no idea what they were discussing.

“I’m sorry, you two, but no outsiders who come here are allowed to leave alive.”

One person stepped forward while the others stood behind him.

Ji Mingxiao figured this person was their leader.

“Oh, really?” Ji Mingxiao remained calm, sizing up the person. “Trying to achieve immortality by coexisting with vengeful spirits, isn’t that a bit too risky of a method?”

Besides, Ji Mingxiao couldn’t understand why. Judging by the group’s clothes, their living conditions weren’t good. What was the point of living forever in such an isolated environment? It sounded terrifying.

The person narrowed their eyes and sneered. “I hate you outsiders the most. You think you can defeat our god just because you know a few tricks.”

“God? Where is this god? I can’t see that you’re a people blessed by a god,” Ji Mingxiao said.

“How dare you! How can someone like you casually speculate about our god?”

“I can’t, but can you, people who kill others so casually? It seems your god isn’t a good one either, just one who likes abnormal murderers.”

Qin Xiu was speechless and tugged on Ji Mingxiao’s sleeve. “Sister, is it a good idea to anger them right now?”

“What’s there to be afraid of?” Ji Mingxiao lowered her voice, sweeping her gaze over the group. “I have to see what they’re capable of.”

Qin Xiu: …

Xi Ruan was also a bit speechless. Ji Mingxiao was the only one capable of provoking a crowd’s anger all by herself.

System A felt a little weary. It was about to file a report to fix a bug but now decided against it. Although Ji Mingxiao was a bit unreliable, it was still fun to cooperate with her. There was no need to cause trouble for itself. It wouldn’t be good if she died.

“Why so quiet?” Ji Mingxiao smiled. “Did I hit the nail on the head?”

She then turned her head to look at the forest full of hanging corpses, took out a talisman, chanted something, and then threw it directly at the group.

The fire could only burn by borrowing from the negative energy.

Flames instantly erupted, without any heat, but the fire could be seen spreading outwards.

“The god will kill you! The god will kill you!”

The people shrieked.

Ji Mingxiao’s face remained impassive.

These people were not much different from walking corpses or the skeletons on the trees. They were chosen to be vessels to nourish the vengeful spirits. The reason you couldn’t see ghosts on this spiritual mountain was that they were all inside these people’s bodies.

The wailing grew louder, and more shrieks joined in.

Qin Xiu’s face turned pale.

The fire had rapidly spread across the entire spiritual mountain. The situation on the mountain could be seen from a great distance.

However, the fire burned quickly and extinguished just as fast, lasting only about thirty seconds. But even thirty seconds was enough to be captured on camera and uploaded to the internet.

People who had previously not believed in ghosts on the spiritual mountain now had their doubts, though many still offered scientific explanations.

Ji Mingxiao rubbed her neck, keenly sensing that the surrounding environment had become a little more comfortable.

However, the lingering spirits inside those vessels were still present.

She narrowed her eyes.

The people’s expressions were pained and distorted.

“You’re quite something,” Ji Mingxiao raised an eyebrow and looked down at her phone. She had already contacted the local geomancy organization, and they were probably arriving soon.

“Host.”

“Hmm?”

“You really love taking shortcuts,” System A complained. The host hadn’t even entered the village and had already called for backup. It had originally hoped to see Ji Mingxiao take on all these people by herself, but now it seemed that wouldn’t happen. It could already sense that someone was coming.

“As a CEO, I’m used to having others do things for me, not the other way around,” Ji Mingxiao said, though she had already changed her habits a lot.

“Miss Qin?”

Ji Mingxiao’s eyes lit up when she saw the people coming from the side, but her expression instantly turned grim. Something was wrong. Very wrong.

The aura of these people was no different from the people standing next to them.

She had wondered why such a large geomancy organization in the area hadn’t been able to deal with the spiritual mountain.

She could find this place, so others could too, since it wasn’t hard to find.

Now the answer was clear. It wasn’t that they didn’t want to find it, but that they had done it on purpose.

Ji Mingxiao took a deep breath.

This was such an easy thing to figure out. Why hadn’t she thought of it?

She never expected to stumble in such an obvious way.

“Cousin.”

“I’m sorry.”

Ji Mingxiao: !!!

Just as Ji Mingxiao was about to speak, she fainted.

In the two seconds before she passed out, she still wanted to curse.

When she woke up again, Ji Mingxiao found herself in a small hut. Her bag had been taken, and her hands and feet were tied.

Thankfully, Xi Ruan was still with her.

Ji Mingxiao had hidden many jade artifacts on her person, just in case something went wrong and Xi Ruan needed a quick way to get in.

The only piece of jade that hadn’t been taken was a jade pendant hidden in her hair.

“What do we do now?” Xi Ruan asked.

Ji Mingxiao looked at the hemp ropes on her hands. “No rush. I still have a cheat.”

System A: …

What makes the host lazy and unwilling to think? The mall.

Footsteps were heard outside the door, and Xi Ruan quickly hid herself.

The door opened, and the light that came in was a bit blinding. Ji Mingxiao squinted.

“Cousin.”

Ji Mingxiao looked at the person who came in with a cold expression and sneered. “What do you want?”

“Nothing.” Qin Xiu looked around the room. “Where is your guardian spirit, cousin?”

“Didn’t you take my jade pendant? Why are you asking me now?”

“It wasn’t in there.”

Ji Mingxiao’s face instantly darkened. The two looked at each other for a long time.

“Cousin, don’t look at me like that. I didn’t want you to come here, but you did, and you used a method I don’t understand. Now the talismans are gone. I wonder if you can still get out,” Qin Xiu said.

“You have a lot to say now.”

“Yeah, I’ve finally caught the person I’ve always wanted to catch. It makes me happy to think about it.” A smile even appeared on Qin Xiu’s face after she said this.

“Why?”

“No reason, I just hate you. I’m not that bad, so why does everyone think I can’t compare to you?” Qin Xiu looked at Ji Mingxiao coldly. “As long as you’re dead, I’ll be the heir.”

“And because of that, you’re cooperating with a bunch of beasts? In that case, you really can’t compare to me. I would never break my own backbone, no matter what.” Ji Mingxiao gave Qin Xiu a contemptuous look. “Trash.”

Qin Xiu clenched her fists and took a deep breath. “Cousin, you’re still so good with words. You always manage to make people so angry.”

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